OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Drosera intermedia   FAMILY Droseraceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Drosera intermedia   FAMILY Droseraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Drosera intermedia

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 092-01-004:

Drosera intermedia   FAMILY Droseraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Drosera intermedia

 

COMMON NAME:
Water Sundew, Spoonleaf Sundew


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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_drin3_001_lvd

        

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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_drin3_005_lvd

        

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Douglas Houck    dhk_3930

April    Charleston County    SC

Francis Marion National Forest

Found in bogs, savannahs and wet ditches, often in standing water, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Drosera intermedia, Water Sundew, Spoonleaf Sundew

Douglas Houck    dhk_4317

May    Aiken County    SC

Aiken State Park

image of Drosera intermedia, Water Sundew, Spoonleaf Sundew

Douglas Houck    dhk_4320

May    Aiken County    SC

Aiken State Park

Petioles glabrous, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

image of Drosera intermedia, Water Sundew, Spoonleaf Sundew

Kevin Adams    kcadroseraintermedia_w17

May    Brunswick County    NC

Green Swamp

Leaf blades longer than wide, spatulate; petioles filiform, 2-6cm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Drosera intermedia   FAMILY Droseraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Drosera intermedia   FAMILY Droseraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Drosera intermedia

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 092-01-004:
Drosera intermedia   FAMILY Droseraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Drosera intermedia

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

487

Forb
Annual/Perennial

Habitat: pine savannas, ditches, pocosins, margins of pools or streams, often in standing water, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)

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LEAVES:
Simple

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White or tinged w Pink
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5 persistent sepals
5 persistent petals
5 stamens
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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